Con and Int Increase Question

[the Jester]

That's a good thing, because as Pax said, its the correct method.

I had interpreted this wrong for the longest time though.

Same here.....

 

[kreynolds]

Same here.....

Cool. I don't feel so bad. Actually, it's less crap to keep track of now, so I won't complain.

 

[drnuncheon]

Example: A Gnomish wizard with 13 Int starts with 12 skill points at first level, and gains 3 more for every level after that. At 4th level, he increases his int to 14.

1) Does he get 4 new skill points (2+Int Mod for new level)?
2) Does he get 7 new skill points (2+Int Mod + 3 for 3 previous levels).
3) Does he get 10 new skill points (2+Int Mod, +2 for levels 2 and 3, + 4 for level 1).

None of the above, actually. He gets 3 ranks at 4th level, because his Int was 13 for the duration of the previous level. At 5th level and up, he will get 4 skill ranks.

This is found in the PHB on page 145 - note that you assign skill points before you raise an ability.

This is in direct conflict with the example on page 10, but as it goes with the "Intelligence increase must be near-constant over the previous level" guideline it is the correct way to interpret things.

J